[garinda]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Gary, with the greatest respect our borders were far less porous in those times and many ordinary folk.....I'm talking about the folk like you and me didn't travel very far.
Another thing is that these identity cards did not contain biometric details.......and there was little point in reproducing these cards for nefarious purposes.
Alas, times have changed......criminals have the ability to clone these cards....substitute their biometric details for yours....and hey presto your identity is well and truly stolen.
During wartime I don't believe the population were expected to pay for their identity card either.......it is another stealth tax......and to have the whole of the population wanting one of these cards, the government are going to have to come up with some very salient reasons why they are necessary....and terrorism isn't one of them.

The last time we had a thread on identity cards we agreed to disagree on the subject, and I guess that is still the same, as neither of us will change our minds on this issue.